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Thursday, June 13, 2013

So this go round with the Colors Subscriptions, the folks at Field Notes and come up with these lovely black top covered notebooks with great coloring on the rear. Using a "reticle graph" pattern sort of a hybrid of our popular dot-grid and graph papers.

Let's let them tell it.

Countless lines of prose, poetry, and music have been written in hopes
of capturing the magic of a summer night, but leave it to FIELD NOTES to
take an inexplicably transcendent feeling and distill it down to basic
science: it’s the stars. If you live in the city, you may often forget
that there are more than a handful of ‘em up there. But if you’re lucky
enough to live somewhere without light pollution, seeing the Milky Way
stretched across the sky on a moonless summer night never gets old.

Our nineteenth edition of FIELD NOTES COLORS celebrates the wonders that
cross the summer sky each night. The “Night Sky” 3-Pack features French
Construction “Blacktop” covers, mapping out three sets of
constellations that have graced the northern hemisphere summer sky long
before “summer” was given a name. Constellations and popular asterisms
are highlighted in silver
holographic foil. Inside is our usual beloved
Finch Opaque text paper, with a new “Reticle Graph,” sort of a hybrid of
our popular dot-grid and graph papers. It’s all bound together with
shiny black staples.

THE STARS AND THEIR COURSES (this video is gorgeous)

Choosing the sections of sky to depict involved a lot of research.
Illustrating thousands of stars was a lot of work. But even after all
that, and a self-taught crash course in astrophotography, we weren’t
prepared for two amazing nights at Great Basin National Park in eastern
Nevada. We’re putting together an epic film that we’ll share with you
soon, but in the meantime, here’s a short highlight reel from one of the
darkest spots in North America.

There’s only so much information we can cram into a 3.5- x 5.5-inch
pocket notebook, but our love of 4-point Futura is well known, so cram
we did. The three books are roughly aligned to midnight in the northern
hemisphere in early, mid-, and late summer, and replacing our usual
“Practical Applications” the inside back covers features corresponding
facts and tips to help get your stargazing underway. After a clear night
and maybe a cocktail or two, you’ll impress your friends by finding
Arcturus, pointing out the Summer Triangle, and locating the “Andromeda
Galaxy” M-31, all with your naked eye!

I love the look of these and being a fan of them will be ordering a "few sets" and will be holding a contest for a few packs in July. Just in time for some summer sky viewing. Take the family out to the hills away from the light pollution and lay down a blanket and stare at the sky. After watching the video, I might be taking my camera gear up the hill with me. Hmmmm there might be an idea for a contest. Who knows.

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